ticket for that one. ed? ed: thank you, steve. former secretary of state john kerry admitting he met with iranian officials to attempt to salvage the obama nuclear deal. that news not sitting well with current secretary of state mike pompeo. what john kerry done, engaging with the top state sponsor of terror is unseemly, unprecedented not consistent with the foreign policy. the deal failed. let itรง go. the president slammed kerry, calling meetings illegal but are they? president of the washington strategy group, joel ruben, former military police sergeant and gop stratfifth, chris niwam. chris, does this violate the logan act? >> certainly could, ed, depending what was said. look back, realize, john kerry is like the american version of neville chamber lane. his tag line is not peace in our time but failure in our time. he has done this before. he did it in vietnam. only officer in coastal division